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About the role
- Senior PIC Design Engineer designing silicon photonic circuits for Photonic’s scalable quantum computers. Optimizing devices, simulations, and integration with multidisciplinary engineering and science teams.
Responsibilities
- Design and optimize complex active and passive, large-scale silicon photonic integrated circuits at system and device levels
- Generate software and scripts to meet design and analysis goals
- Work with foundries and manufacturers
- Conduct trade studies and analysis of alternatives to explore design options and trade-offs
- Propose and analyze experiments to validate and refine simulation models
- Present verbal and written findings to cross-functional teams
- Translate analysis into recommendations for future development directions
- Address integration issues with other chips and systems
- Create simulation flows and documentation for collaboration with other PIC design engineers
- Collaborate with photonic designers, nanofabrication engineers, test engineers, and physicists
- Train, guide, and mentor team members on frameworks and best practices
- Contribute to the company’s IP portfolio
Requirements
- Master’s or PhD degree in electrical engineering, applied physics or other relevant discipline
- 5+ years of experience with silicon photonics in an industrial setting
- Familiarity in designing photonic layouts with KLayout, Luceda, Cadence, Mentor Graphics, or equivalent
- Deep expertise in designing and optimizing silicon photonic integrated circuits (PICs) and devices
- Experience in common programming languages like Python and MATLAB
- Proficiency in electromagnetic simulation using common tools, like Lumerical (FDTD, MODE, INTERCONNECT), Tidy3D
- Strong understanding of photonics, electronics, and electromagnetic compatibility
- Familiarity in optical bench experiments with tools like parameter analyzers, optical spectrum analyzers, laser sources, etc.
- Excellent teamwork, interpersonal, and written communication skills
- Ability to work independently while also being a great team member
- Exceptional candidates may have 7+ years of experience with silicon photonics in an industrial setting
- Experience designing high-performance optical switches and modulators
- Experience with inverse design optimization techniques, including adjoint method, particle swarm optimization (PSO), genetic algorithms (GA), and gradient ascent
- Experience designing high-performance single-photon detectors
- Expertise in photonic integrated circuits on silicon nitride or hybrid material platforms
- Experience with high-frequency chip design (RFIC/MMIC) and signal modeling in HFSS
- Experience with thermal and mechanical modeling in COMSOL (FEM)
- Experience modeling doping, diffusion, and electrical device performance in Sentaurus or Silvaco (TCAD)
- Experience with PIC packaging, fabrication, and test
- Knowledge of quantum optics
- Knowledge of cryogenic PICs
- Ability to work in the Greater Vancouver Area is a plus
- Work permit sponsorship eligibility
Benefits
- Work closely with some of the brightest innovators in quantum technologies to drive breakthroughs that redefine computing
- Enjoy a fast-paced and fun environment where you can try new things while solving innovative challenges every day
- Inclusive company culture that values collaboration
- Regular social events and fun activities keep our global team connected
- Competitive compensation package including stock options and relocation assistance for global talent
- Comprehensive benefits including extended health, dental, life, long term disability, an employee assistance program, parental leave top-ups, and a flexible spending account
- Work permit sponsorship
- Relocation support
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